[Yet another interesting morphometrics opportunity also posted to the
"Jobs" page at http://www.morphometrics.org -the Moderator (dslice)]
Computer Analysis of Pain Drawings
TMT Medical, the not-for-profit division of TMT Inc., is looking for an
experienced ImageJ/MatLab programmer, preferably with C++ programming
experience. Work can be performed off-site with frequent email
interchanges, and telephone/Skype/face-to-face interactions as
appropriate. ImageJ/Matlab software is used for development and is
followed by ImageJ/C++ production software. Patients draw their symptoms
(usually pain) on paper outlines of the human body or on a web-based human
outline drawing system (http://masterdocs.com/pain.htm). Coregistration of
the images is performed for paper drawings but is not necessary for the
web-based drawing system. Analysis provides automated identification of
body location of symptoms and other statistical measures. These data are
analyzed together with body-location-specific data on the nature of the
symptoms and the functional disability associated with pain. Subjects are
then allocated to data-driven pain patterns of potential diagnostic value.
Subjects draw an outline of their pains in black on a cyan-colored,
digitized, bilaterally symmetrical, coregistered human body diagram. They
also mark the spot within each pain outline where pain is worst. Each
digitized pain drawing is computer-analyzed to provide measures of size
(calculated pain area and Total Pain Load), centroid location, outline
(perimeter), location point of worst pain, shape type, and anatomic areas
occupied by pain. Additional technical details are provided at
http://masterdocs.com/drawing_analysis.htm.
Deadline: July 30, 2006, Start Date: August 30, 2006, duration 36 months
More information can be found at: http://masterdocs.org.
Contact Person: Colin R. Taylor, MD, President TMT Inc, New York City, NY
10021, USA. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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